Search for dissertations about: "unintended consequences"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 56 swedish dissertations containing the words unintended consequences.

2. 1. Side Effects: Unintended Consequences of Family Leave Policies

   Author : Kathrin Morosow; Ann-Zofie Duvander; Sunnee Billingsley; Juho Härkönen; Kelly Musick; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; family leave; family policy; unintended consequences; labour market; mothers; fathers; gender equality; Finland; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Abstract : The transition to parenthood is a major life event and a critical juncture in terms of gender equality within a couple. How a couple divides paid and unpaid work following the birth of a child has long lasting consequences for their relationship, their economic situation and their children’s development. READ MORE

4. 2. Duplicate systems : investigating unintended consequences of information technology in organizations

   Author : Henrik Wimelius; Jonny Holmström; Lars Mathiassen; Jan Damsgaard; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; IS and organization; adoption of IT; assimilation of IT; change; dialectics; paradox; duplicate systems; contradiction; unintended consequences; information systems; Informatics; Informatik;

   Abstract : The organizational consequences of information technology (IT) constitutes a core focus in information systems (IS) research. The relationship between organizations and IT has received considerable attention by IS researchers in order to develop knowledge related to how and why organizations and IT are related. READ MORE

5. 3. Producing Publicness : Investigating the Dialectics of Unintended Consequences in Urban Design  - Practices in Stockholm and Malmö

   Author : ELAHE KARIMNIA; TIGRAN HAAS; INGA BRITT WERNER; MAHYAR AREFI; CHARLES BOHL; KTH; []
   Keywords : Urban Design Process; Publicness; Public Space; Appropriation of Space; Intentions and Outcomes; Unintended Consequences; Stockholm; Malmö; Stadsbyggnadsprocess; social offentlighet; offentliga rum; ianspråktagande av miljön; avsikter och utfall; oavsiktliga konsekvenser; Stockholm; Malmö; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis; Arkitektur; Architecture;

   Abstract : The creation of public space is intended to contribute to the civic infrastructure of a city. The conventional dichotomy of intentions versus outcomes in urban design practice posits that, while intentions represent more abstract thinking about the various facets of publicness, outcomes are the manifest realizations of those intentions in public spaces. READ MORE

6. 4. Exploring the pleiotropic effects of technology on society or making social lemonade from technological lemons : six rules for marketers

   Author : Philip DesAutels; Douglas West; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Science and Technology Studies; Unintended Consequences; Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring; Industrial Marketing;

   Abstract : Since the 1960’s the customer has been at the focal point of business and the marketer’s job has been one of “identifying and meeting human and social needs” to create and deliver value to the customer. The result is that the marketer straddles the interface between technology and society, serving as both mediator and manager. READ MORE

7. 5. Professionals and the New Public Management - Multi professional teamwork in psychiatric care

   Author : Roy Liff; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New Public Management; Multi-professional teams; Cooperation; Unintended consequences; ; Endogenous institutions; Psychiatric treatment units; Customised care.;

   Abstract : This study examines the cooperative work of several professions in Swedish multi-professional teams in child and adolescent psychiatric open care units in an environment of strong economic and efficiency controls resulting from the so-called New Public Management (NPM) reforms. Previous studies indicate teamwork is a network of semi-independent professionals who tend to represent their professional organisations and groups despite sharing a mutual interest in the patients. READ MORE